Plan my park hopping stay in September!

[CaroM8]

Going back in September, just myself and my 7 yr old daughter this time. We are staying at POR with park hopper tickets. Shorter stay this time.
How would you pair our parks days? We usually stay in the morning park until after lunch, head back to resort for a little break then head back to 2nd park around 4 or 5pm. I know we could go back to the same park as the morning but we do enjoy doing the mix & match with the hopper

Tuesday - Arrival Day (will be at resort around noon) It's a party day so no MK for sure... only one park this day. Which one would you do? Leaning towards HS as its our least favorite and DD is only really interested in SDD here. Will try to go see the new shows as well.

Wednesday -

Thursday -

Friday - (party day) Doing MK in the morning for sure to take advantage of low crowds

Saturday - Departure day, no parks

Help me fill in the gaps!

 

[jeankeri]

I would wait and see what EEH are for the dates you are there. Last September they were MK or EPCOT. Did both. EPCOT had a lotta walking between rides that were open, but if you situate yourself by France for Luminous you can kick the night off at Remy, then make your way to the front of the park.

 

[CaroM8]

Well we are not staying at a deluxe resort so EEH do not apply to us…

 

[jeankeri]

Well we are not staying at a deluxe resort so EEH do not apply to us…

Missed that, sorry

 

[Stacybaeasm]

I'm a big believer in Animal Kingdom as my morning park. It often opens before the other parks (are you staying onsite?? Early entry here is great!) I can usually get rides and shows and lunch done by 1pm or so (sometimes faster depending on the Lion King performance I see.) I often then hop to Studios after a resort break. I don't try to do everything here but I situate myself for Fantasmic that night.

I usually pair MK/Epcot together if I am going to hop that day. I start in Epcot because, honestly, it is my least favorite park. I get a LLSP for Guardians as early as I can, do Soarin', and a couple of others, then circle World Showcase (sometimes twice if there is a festival.) I am usually done by about 3pm here. MK for the evening because I think it is the prettiest park at night. Once the new nighttime parade hits, crowds could be worse in the evenings for a while but still.

 

[Indio]

You'll also have free water park admission on your arrival day if you want to take advantage of that. So you could do the water park on arrival, then go to HS that night after the water park closes (I think they are currently closing around 5 or 6).

 

[CaroM8]

You'll also have free water park admission on your arrival day if you want to take advantage of that. So you could do the water park on arrival, then go to HS that night after the water park closes (I think they are currently closing around 5 or 6).

We did consider that - if we had a longer visit we would probably do the waterpark but not this time

 

[CaroM8]

MK for the evening because I think it is the prettiest park at night. Once the new nighttime parade hits, crowds could be worse in the evenings for a while but still.

My daughter has requested to ride Tron at night and to see the new parade so for sure scheduling a night time MK at some point